Improved washnng-machtne



J. PHELPS. WASHING MACHINE.

N0 35,037. Patented Apr. 22, 1862.

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ii iion'rn, INDIANA.

IMPROVED WASH!NG-MAGHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,037, dated April 22, 1862.

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euown that l, JOHN Pnnnrsof La .i"()iil- H] be county of La Porto and State 7 Indiana. ha ve invented a new and Improved ilothcs-lVashiin: Machine; and'l do hereliiy declare that the foilowiu is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, refcrencebcing had to the aecoinpanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which l igurc] is a longitiulinal vertical section elf my invention, taken in the line .11, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection of the same, taken in the line 7 7 Fig. I.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 1 sponding parts in the two figures.

This invention relz'ttes to an improved 5 clothes-wasl'iing machine of that class in i which a reciprocating partially-rotating rubher is used in connection with a concave.

lhe object of the within-described invcntion is to obtain a simple and efficient means for regulating the pressu re of. the rubber on the clothes; and to this end the invention consists in having the bearings of the rubber shaft attached to a sliding frame which has an adjustable weight andelastie bar eonilccted with it and arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and. construct myinventioml will proceed to describe it.

A represents a framing, which maybe coni strueted in any suitable way, to support ai box, '13, which is of V form in its transverse? section and has a concave, (i, fit-ted within it, said concave having its lower part, a, about of circular form and its upper part at each 1 This concave C is corrugated transversely, as

shown at c, and it has side pieces or cleats, d j II, attached to its under side, which bear or rest on the sides of the box ii and ad mii. of a space, (2, between the concave and box. At a the upper part of the concaw}, at eaclr end, f there is made an opening, f, to admit of the 1 suds passingdown into space r should any reach the top of the concave.

- D is a seinieylindrical rubber which is atcached to a shaft, '15. This convex has its face or outer surface corrugated longitudinally, as shown at g, said corrugations being end of slightly convex form, shown at b I). i

cave. The rubber I) is directly over thei guidcsjj at each side of the box B, the lower ends of said strips underneath box Bbeing i connected by a cross-tie, G.

ll is a spring one end of which is permanontl y attached to a cross-bar, in the framing A, and the opposite end fitted in the i center of the cross-tic. G. This spring H has a sliding or adjust-able weight, I, placed on it.

The shaft E of the rubber Dhas handles J attached to its ends. The spring H has a tendency to keep the rubber D elevated above the surface of the concave, so that it shall not be in contact therewith. The rubber I) is operated, through the medium of the handles J, with an oscillating movement, the clothes being acted. upon or subjected to the necessary friction and rubbing between the concave. and rubber. The weight I graduates the pressure of the, rubber on the clothes by being adjusted on the spring ll nearer to or farther from the lower part of the frame 1. \Vhen the weight- I is adjusted on the spring I-I back from the frame F, it'of course has less power on the frame F, and the'pressu re of the rubber .l) on the clothes is reduced,

the pressure of the latter being increased as theweight is shoved toward the frame. By this arrangement. the pressure of the rubber I) may he graduated as desired with the greatest facility, and the machine thereby rendered capable of being adapted for washing fine or coarse clothes.

I do not claim a reciprocating partially-ro-- tating rubber in connection with a concave for washing clothes, fol-these part-s constitute an old and well-known device; but

\Vhat'I docla-ini as new, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is-

The reciprocating partially-rotating rubber l) and the concave G, in combination with the sprin II, adjustal'ile weight I, and sliding frame F, all arranged for joint operation, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOHN PHELPS. Witnesses:

.TAMEs ERAELENBURG, SYLVANUS L. TRIPPE. 

